Former Santa Barbara High star Eve Ettinger returned home from USC and won the California Beach Volleyball Association Women’s AA Tournament with partner Betsi Metter at East Beach last weekend.Ettinger plays beach volleyball for the Trojans, while Metter plays for Loyola Marymount. They defeated Mikayla Tucker of Placerville and Nicolette Martin, a high school standout from Anaheim Hills, 21-18.The weekend also included Men’s A and B tournaments.In a battle between teams of … [Read more...]
Rogers-Dalhausser batting 1.000 in FIVB tournaments
Sunday, May 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s two for two in 2012 for Santa Barbara's gold-medal pro beach volleyball team.Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are flying high at the start of the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The local team won its second straight tournament title on Sunday, taking the Shanghai Grand Slam in China.In an all-American final, the defending Olympic champions defeated Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb 21-19, 22-24, 15-11. Two weeks ago at the season-opening Brasilia Open in Brazil, they defeated … [Read more...]
Racich, Ross capture national title for Pepperdine
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Former Dos Pueblos volleyball player Caitlin Racich came from behind with her partner Summer Ross to win the first-ever AVCA Collegiate Sand Individual Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama on Sunday.That performance came on the heels of Pepperdine's team championship win on Saturday. The Waves' women's sand volleyball team defeated Long Beach State 5-0 in the title match for the university's first-ever national championship in a women's sport.After the team event on Saturday, Racich … [Read more...]
Rogers-Dalhausser start FIVB season with a title in Brazil
Sunday, April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers let the beach volleyball world know that he is back at full strength.Nine months after a knee injury ended his 2011 season, Rogers and 6-foot-9 partner Phil Dalhausser won the opening event on the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The Santa Barbara duo defeated fellow Americans Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena to capture the $380,000 Brasilia Open in Brazil on Sunday. The set scores were 21-17, 21-18.The title clinches a berth in the London Olympics for the defending … [Read more...]
Dalhausser wins FIVB’s ‘best setter’ award
Sunday, November 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Phil Dalhausser has been named FIVB's top settter for 2011, an award the 6-foot-9 "Thin Beast" has now won three years consecutively.FIVB hands out seven postseason awards, with Brazilian World Champions Alison Cerrutti and Emanual Rego recognized as "Team of the Year".Dalhausser and partner Todd Rogers won four tournaments this year before a season-ending injury to Rogers in the ninth event ended their season.CLICK HERE for more information regarding FIVB's postseason awards. … [Read more...]
Hanson-Fendrick capture U.S. Open championship
Sunday, September 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CINCINNATI — Former UCSB star Brooke Hanson and Lauren Fendrick capped a dominating three days of play by winning the 2011 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball on Sunday.Seeded second in the tournament, Hanson-Fendrick defeated No. 4 Jenny Kropp and Whitney Pavlik, 21-19, 21-17, in the final and finished the tournament without a loss.“This feels great and it’s nice to win this at home,” said Hanson, who’s been playing overseas in the FIVB World Tour. “There’s been a great crowd … [Read more...]
Caitlin Racich playing at FIVB Junior World Beach Championships
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
Caitlin Racich has taken her prowess in volleyball outdoors.The former Dos Pueblos High star has gone from being a member of Pepperdine's women's indoor team to becoming the school’s first female sand volleyball scholarship recipient.The school recently added women’s sand volleyball as a NCAA sport.Racich trained on the sand all summer and was selected to the U.S. Junior Beach Team for the FIVB Beach Junior World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which starts … [Read more...]
Rogers suffers season-ending knee injury in Finland
Sunday, August 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The season is over for Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.Rogers suffered a knee injury during the championship of the FIVB World Tour’s Aland Open in Finland and was forced to withdraw near the end of the first set."Coming home tomorrow. Done for the season," Rogers said in an email to Presidio Sports. "I have had a small meniscus tear since before Beijing this year. Just been dealing with it. This was either a much worse tear or a ligament. Hurts like hell."Rogers and Dalhausser … [Read more...]
Todd-Phil reach seventh FIVB World Tour final
Saturday, August 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are one win away from tying for the most tournament titles this season on the FIVB World Tour.The local pro beach volleyball professionals advanced to the final of the Aland Open in Finland on Saturday with a tough three-set semifinal win over Poland’s Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel, arguably the most improved team on the international tour. The set scores were 21-19, 18-21, 15-12.The top-seeded Rogers-Dalhausser will play Brazil’s Marcio Araujo … [Read more...]
Another FIVB final four for Todd and Phil
Friday, August 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser have made the semifinals in a FIVB World Tour event for the ninth time in 12 tournaments this season.The local pro beach volleyball professionals won two matches on Friday to reach the final four at the Aland Open in Finland. The top-seeded duo will be joined by Brazil’s Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti and two other teams that will be determined on Saturday.Rogers-Dalhausser are looking for their fifth FIVB title of the season, which would match the … [Read more...]
Video: Todd Rogers goes off on referee in Poland
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Anybody who knows pro beach volleyball player Todd Rogers knows he's very competitive and goes off on referees when he doesn't like a call.He did just that in a recent FIVB World Tour event in Poland. Here's a video clip of his tirade.Rogers later apologized to the referee. … [Read more...]
